"For Boats, even the uglier ones, are among the loveliest creations of man’s hands, and though owning them brings a train of debts, hangnails, bruises, bad frights, and all kinds of worries not experienced by those who content themselves with more practical vices, the relation between man and his boat is as personal and intimate as the relation between husband and wife" - DESMOND HOLDRIDGE

Date

June 30, 1995

This is an account, published in the ‘Seal Owners Association’ Newsletter in 1995. At the time I owned a Parker 31, based in Port Solent, Portsmouth UK which I sailed for 5 years with cruises taking in Normandy, the Channel… Continue Reading →